J10: in closing

Overall, I feel good about our project. I think we had a good idea and were able to execute and explain it pretty well. Our team worked well together, no one stepped on anyone else's toes and we split up the work load as equally as we could. As far as personal contributions, I focused mainly on executing the redesign of the logo as well as the majority of the packaging design. I contributed a fair amount to the development of the product, but I feel like I could have done more as far as the kiosk design. I also took on the first phase of putting the presentation together, which we got together and finished as a group. I definitely think there were some areas where our project was lacking, but given our time frame, varying levels of experience and skill, and the fact that we were given a pretty rigid framework we did our best.

links:

J09 
J08 

adam 
carl 
stuart 
telina

coleman for the home, finishing up

I can safely say that our group will be more than ready to present our project later today. We finalized everything (aside from some last minute finishing touches) last night and we are all happy with the finished product. The team has worked very well together. We haven't had any major conflicts and everyone has contributed an equal amount. As far as my contribution, I ended up focusing mainly on the packaging aspect. The packaging was what I was most interested in from the get go, so I'm glad that I got to spend most of my time on it. I also set-up the first draft of our presentation, which we edited last night as a group. Below are some images of our progress:

Final logo concept

Final packaging concept (ended up being changed for final)

 links to teammates' blogs:

adam
carl
stuart
telina
 

progress

Our group spent last week mainly brainstorming ideas for our project. We started with the idea of a storage locker that would be able to deodorize its contents, which would be useful for both outdoor gear and other products, such as clothing, pet care products, etc... After some research and discussion, however, we decided to switch and focus instead on a product that would help keep houses warm during winter. This product would essentially be an improvement upon current heating solutions, specifically plastic sheeting used typically to cover windows in older houses, preventing cold air from coming and warm air from leaking out. We realized that there haven't really been any advances made in this type of home heating for some time, so we feel that this idea is worth exploring. So far we've been working pretty well together, aside from some minor disputes about what our focus should be and which of the ideas we've brainstormed are worth dedicating a significant amount of time and effort to develop. On Monday, we briefly discussed who would be focusing on which aspects of the project. I'm more interested in visual design, so I have been and will be contributing more to the packaging and overall appearance of the product and exhibition booth. I've been doing some work on making a new logo (see sketches below), but I think maybe I could be contributing more to the development of the product itself. I've also set up a dropbox location for us to use, which ought to facilitate collaboration quite a bit. At this point, I think we just need to divide the workload and focus on our respective contributions and, later in the week, put everything together for next week. Overall, I'm feeling good about this project and I think we can produce something really great.

Ideation notes and logo sketches

links to teammates' blogs:

adam 
carl 
stuart 
telina